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No. 521,636. Patented June 19, 1894.

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CLEMENT CLARK, OF SANDUSKY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN S. CLARK,OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,636, dated June 19,1894.

Application filed April 17, 1894..

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, CLEMENT CLARK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sandusky, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the construction of a tubular bushing having atortuous passage therethrough, adapted to be inserted into the neck of abottle, which is provided with a contracted orifice at the lower endcontrolled by a ball valve, the whole being designed to prevent thefraudulent re-filling of bottles, all as more fully hereinafterdescribed.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the my invention as applied inuse. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the bushing detached. Fig. 3 is asectionthrough the neck of the bottle with the bushing removed. Fig. 4 is asection through the bushing removed and showingaslightly modified form.Fig. 5 is a plan View of the securing ring of modified form designed tobe used with the bushing shown in Fig. 4:-

A is a bottle, and B the neck thereof.

0 is an interior flange at the lower end of the neck having therestricted aperture D therethrough. The upper face of the flange isprovided with an inclined or curved bearingE, so that the ballvalveFwill be caused to seat itself centrally upon the aperture throughthe flange and close it in any vertical position of the bottle. Aboutmidway the length of the neck is a contracted portion G terminating in ashoulder H, as plainly shown in Fig. 3. At the upper end the top isprovided with the usual flange I and on the interior is provided with aninclined entering section J.

The bushing I form, as shown in Fig. 2, consisting of the tubular bodyportion K, having the lateral flange L at the top and the contractedlower end portion M. i

N are apertures leading from the sides of the lower end portion, and Ois a diaphragm closing the lower end of the bushing on the body portionK. Near the lower end is an annular groove P in which is adapted to en-Serial No. 507,844;- (No model.)

Q (according to construction used) is secured in the groove P, thepacking ring R is laid upon the flange I of the bottle, the ball valve Fis inserted into the neck of the bottle, as shown in Fig. 3, and thelower end of the bushing inserted into the upper end of the neck of thebottle, the ring bearing against the inclined portion J will becompressed into the groove, so that it may pass down through the portionG of the neck until it reaches the shoulder H, when it will expand andlock beneath that shoulder, holding the bushing tightly in position.

The parts are so proportioned that it will require the compression ofthe packing ring R before the spring ring can engage beneath theshoulder H. The parts thus combined will be as shown in Fig. 1, and itwill be evident that tampering of the valve will be prevented by thetortuous passage presented through the bushing, while the valve at alltimes will be seated, permitting the emptying of the bottle and thereof.

The valve which I use is preferably of slightly greater specific gravitythan the fluid which is used in the bottle, so that it will not floattherein.

What I claim as my invention is.-

1. The combination with the bottle and its neck having the inwardlyextending flange C, with the upper inclined bearing E, contractedsection G, shoulder H and upper inclined entering section J of the ballvalve, closing the aperture through the flange C, a bushing having thelower tapering section apertured on the sides, the central tubularsection, the split ring arranged in a groove at the lower end of thebody section, a flange L at the top and a packing ring adapted to bepreventing the re-filling.

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compressed between the flange L and the top of the bottle.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination with the neck ofthe bottle and 5 a ball valve therein closing the passage at the lowerend of the neck, of the shoulder 11 formed therein, the flange bushinghaving the lower tapering section Q, and the elliptical ring adapted tobe forced over such outer 10 section and to enter the groove at thelower end of the body portion, the parts to be arranged and combined,substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof Iafix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

CLEMENT CLARK.

\Vitnesses:

J. O. WIELAND, JAMES FLYNN.

